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The 2023 Home Health Proposed Payment Update Rule: A Devastating Blow to the Industry.

CMS has released their annual proposed payment update rule. There’s no way to sugar-coat it: if finalized as written this payment update rule will be the death knell of many …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

Home Health Providers: VA Will No Longer Require RAPs or NOAs

CMS recently announced changes to claim processing requirements that affect the use of Requests for Anticipated Payments (RAPs) for home health care claims, including changes to submission timelines and late …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

CMS Proposes Rule to Support Home Care Workers’ Access to Benefits

CMS proposed a rule which would enable states to make payments to third parties on behalf of certain individual health care practitioners, including home care workers and personal care assistants. …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

CMS Releases the 2022 Home Health Proposed Rule

CMS has released the 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule. CMS is continuing to focus on value and quality in this proposed rule, instead of paying …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

Home Health: Important Pre-Claim Review Billing Issue! Claims Incorrectly Returning for Reason Code 39621.

From Palmetto GBA: Home Health Agencies participating in Pre-Claim Review are having claims incorrectly returning with reason code 39621, indicating to remove the UTN. Agencies should not remove the UTN! …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

CMS Renews the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Payment Model

CMS has released a new final rule that extends the term of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model through December 31, 2024 by adding an additional 3 performance …

Home Health Today

Humana Continues its Quest for Home Health Dominance

Humana is shelling out $5.7 billion to take 100% ownership of Kindred at Home. Currently, Humana only controls 40% of Kindred at Home. Kindred’s home health operations will be combined …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

PACE is Primed for Rapid Growth in the Coming Years

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced legislation to expand access to PACE (Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly). PACE is designed …

Home Health Billing / Home Health Today

CMS Announces the Future Expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model

CMS announced that the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model has been certified for expansion through rulemaking beginning no sooner than Calendar Year 2022. The model, which has been implemented …

COVID-19 / Home Health Today

Acute Hospital Care at Home

CMS announced new steps to increase the capacity of the American health care system to provide care to patients outside a traditional hospital setting amid a rising number of COVID-19 …

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